behavior/neurological
• absent eye blink reflex
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• when attempting to right themselves mice frequently fall on their side and turn onto their back with alternating flexion and hypertonic musculature of the extremities
• righting takes more than 4 sec compared to 0-1 sec in wild-type mice
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• no response to acoustic stimuli
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• absent
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• difficulty maintaining position when the cage is shaken and unable to stand on a stationary or rotating rod
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• unable to grip an inverted wire
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head bobbing
(
J:110607
)
• wobbly gait
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• profound hearing loss
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growth/size/body
• adults are about half the size of control littermates
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• begin to lag behind littermates around P10
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nervous system
• absent
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